Five great quotes for Sunday

1.The future,according to some scientists,will be exactly like the past,only far more expensive.-John Sladek
2.The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.-Paul Valery
3..Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.-Iris Murdoch
4.Poetry is an oral tradition.I think it immensely enhances the person's poetry for an audience to hear it in the poet's voice.-Maxine Kumin
5.For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life,please press three.-Alice Kahn